Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog,Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published novels: The Cormorant, Blightborn (Heartland Book #2), Heartland Book #3, Dinocalypse Forever, Frack You, and The Hellsblood Bride. Also coming soon is his compilation book of writing advice from this very blog: The Kick-Ass Writer, coming from Writers Digest.

He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is an alum of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. Together they co-wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.

Chuck has contributed over two million words to the game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He was a frequent contributor to The Escapist, writing about games and pop culture.

Much of his writing advice has been collected in various writing- and storytelling-related e-books.

He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, two dogs, and tiny human.

He is likely drunk and untrustworthy. This blog is NSFW and probably NSFL.

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Chuck Wendig is a novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. This is his blog. He talks a lot about writing. And food. And pop culture. And his kid. He uses lots of naughty language. NSFW. Probably NSFL. Be advised.

Flash Fiction Challenge: Somethingpunk

I wrote this book. It’s out now, and for a subgenre, I sometimes laughingly call it “cornpunk.”

This week, I’m over at Scalzi’s Whatever talking about the Big Idea behind the book, screaming a bit about corn and GMOs and Monsanto and marriage equality and raising a child and — well, hell, just go read it. Point is, I talk a little about the origins of “cornpunk.”

And now, this week’s challenge, I want you to come up with your own something-punk.

The term “SCUBApunk” embedded itself in my brain and then festered and got infected. The gist of the story actually came to me in a dream last night when the dog woke me up at 3:00 AM to be let out. So I guess I should be grateful to the dog.

Imagine a world where mankind has mastered the mysterious ways of optics. Imagine a world where photons bend to our every whim. Imagine a world where all technology is powered by light. That is Lightpunk!

I’m not really too happy with the story, but the setting makes me chuckle. Here it is Flush the Rainbow:

Um, so this wasn’t really what I had originally planned to write. In fact, I don’t really know where this came from except perhaps from a combination of watching too much History Channel, reading too many books about monsters, and consuming too much sugar before I go to bed. High fructose corn syrup and vampires . . . bad combo.

I’m going to call this story, which is entitled “Essential Features,” Secret Society Punk. Any feedback would be appreciated.

This was a cool challenge. had a lot of fun with it. Went with BlacksploitationPunk this week and had a little bit of fun.
Unfortunately, I went a little over… but I’m posting anyway because I’m happy with what I created.